A Tea Partier does not a racist make

Like my recent post, I’m going to be talking about politics again.  I guess I’m in the mood for polemics.  Anyway, I’m getting really sick of this whole “All Tea Partiers are racist!  ALL OF THEM!!” meme that many liberals have adopted.  It’s not only untrue, but the assertion is lazy as hell.  It allows blacks and liberals (who are often one in the same) to dismiss them and everything they stand for; no questions asked.  I’m not saying that there are no racist Tea Partiers.  Hell, I’ll even admit that there are probably way more racist conservatives than there are liberals.  But it’s silly to automatically label a person as a bigot simply because they don’t like the President.  Even before the Tea Party Movement, anyone who didn’t vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 election was basically labeled as a white supremacist from then on—and that’s not fair.

Conveniently, people seem to have forgotten that hating a current (or former) president doesn’t make you a racist.  It makes you American. It's normal to be hated when you're the most powerful man in the world. Think of how many people didn’t like George W. Bush.  A shitload of people (across the racial spectrum, I might add) absolutely loathed Dubya.  I'm not defending the guy, but the media vilified him (though many cartoons and writings were hilarious.  Just google george bush cartoon.)  

A little good-natured humor...

Ok...getting worse.....

Ok, now they compare him to a primate..... (Keep in mind that anyone who does this to Obama is a 'racist')

And now President Bush is compared to Adolf Hitler, the worst human being who ever lived other than Flavor Flav.

     Listen, this world is full of prejudice and oppression.  Indeed, the maltreatment of other cultures is pervasive and is a hallmark of American life.  But not every white person, nor every Republican, nor every member of the Tea Party is walking around with a swastika tattoo.  It's stupid when I hear people say (and I hear this a lot) that everyone against Obama is just racist.  They're just mad because "Somebody brown is in the White House."  Whatever.  Maybe they're mad because the country's in debt.  Maybe they don't like his healthcare initiative.  Maybe they didn't like how he voted on the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (I sure as hell didn't).  My people are always the quickest ones to jump to the 'you're racist!' conclusion without any facts--not just with the President but with anything and anyone else.  Just shut up already, sheesh.